Trends and factors associated with the utilisation of antenatal care services during the Millennium Development Goals era in Tanzania.
Abdon Gregory RwabilimboKedir Yimam AhmedAndrew PageFelix Akpojene OgboPublished in: Tropical medicine and health (2020)
The study showed that there was an improvement in the proportion of Tanzanian women who made one to three ANC visits, but it also indicated a concurrent decrease in the prevalence of four or more ANC visits. Improving uptake of ANC among Tanzanian women is achievable if national health policies and programmes also focus on key amenable maternal factors of education, household wealth and employment.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pregnancy outcomes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnant women
- quality improvement
- primary care
- cervical cancer screening
- risk factors
- palliative care
- public health
- mental health
- preterm birth
- pain management
- squamous cell carcinoma
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- mental illness
- physical activity